Quick update: Siemens/Vistagy, CENIT, Cimatron

Nov 14, 2011 | Hot Topics

I was away from the office all of last week, attending Bentley’s Be Inspired event in Amsterdam (more on that soon) and sitting in on meetings in London, but the world of engineering software kept going. Here’s news you might have missed: Siemens PLM to...

Acquisition mania

Sep 27, 2011 | Hot Topics

I’ve been working on a mid-year update of my market numbers for CAE (which show better than expected growth to date in 2011) and am stunned by the rapid pace of acquisitions we’ve seen this year. It’s one thing to note them as they happen, but when...

Siemens PLM, Boston, Rain

Sep 12, 2011 | Hot Topics

Last week I got to spend several days with the Siemens PLM team at their annual analyst event. Rain poured down outside as the remnants of another hurricane washed by but we were toasty dry inside, taking in over 20 hours of presentations, demos and meetings. I know I...

Update: Daimler chooses NX for Smaragd

Dec 3, 2010 | Hot Topics

Update: I’ve received a number of comments on this post, so am republishing with annotations. New material is in blue since italics seems to not work in some browsers/readers. Most significant are Daimler’s comments in the second paragraph.This week saw a rather...

Daimler chooses NX for Smaragd

Nov 26, 2010 | Hot Topics

This week saw a rather strange battle of the press releases: Siemens PLM announced that Daimler AG will phase in NX as its standard for worldwide vehicle development starting in 2012. Dassault Systèmes followed a short while later with a press release that said this...

News bits: 3D, clouds and more

Oct 19, 2010 | Hot Topics

Still trying to catch up from nearly a month of personal and business travel, so here are a few interesting things from my overflowing in-box: Autodesk commissioned a survey of online consumers that showed that the majority prefer to examine potential purchases in 3D...

Quick catch-up: what you may have missed

Oct 7, 2010 | Hot Topics

Goodness – I go away for a few days, and the PLM world keeps on spinning ;-) Here’s what happened while I was away: Avatech Solutions (now part of Rand) reported revenue of $31.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30 2010, down from $35.4 million a year ago....

It’s a wrap: Siemens PLM Connection

Jul 1, 2010 | Hot Topics

Just back from several days at Siemens PLM Connection, the company’s user-run annual conference. This year’s theme was managing complexity: globalization, regulations, competitive pressure — each layer adds more information, more requirements, more team members...

Siemens AG has a tough quarter; what about PLM?

Dec 3, 2009 | Hot Topics

Siemens AG on December 3 announced dismal results for its fiscal fourth quarter, ended September 30, with total revenue down 9% to €19.714 billion. According to the company, “While the global economy showed increasing signs of stabilizing, capital investment was still...

Update on IBM/Siemens PLM: it’s going well

Nov 23, 2009 | Hot Topics

My recent conversations with IBM about the change in its relationship with Dassault Systèmes naturally led to questions about how the closer integration with IBM and Siemens PLM is going. No details were provided but it does sound as though the partnership is at least...